fly the coop
Example Sentences
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Don Knotts, “Mr. Chicken” himself, was ready to fly the coop out of L.A.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026
Before you fly the coop, save up a cushion of three to 12 months of living expenses.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 31, 2023
And so the last dove prepares to fly the coop, and the end of an era of super-cheap liquidity comes into view.
From Reuters • Dec. 20, 2022
This really began to sink in after we'd had Ernie and Bert for a month, when Richie was cleaning their enclosure one Sunday afternoon and Ernie took the opportunity to, quite literally, fly the coop.
From Salon • Aug. 4, 2022
As the neutrons and protons fly the coop, they travel as radiation.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
